Al-Ahram Weekly Online   28 January - 3 February 2010
Issue No. 983
Culture
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

A textual vacuum
Nehad Selaiha encounters a strange case of language failure
From arabe to beur
The cultural history of Arab and North African immigration to France is on display at the country's national museum of immigration, writes David Tresilian in Paris
Omar Khayyam's afterlives
A London exhibition explores the afterlife of mediaeval Persian poet Omar Khayyam's famous rubaiyat, writes David Tresilian
Let there be love
Two journalists, two women, two world views. Oprah Winfrey asked the questions, Injy El-Kashef gave her answers
European delight
Ati Metwali sums up an unusual week

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